Australian History

[mardymoose]

Will give you another clue
only woman to date credited with discovering an Australian goldfield.

 

[xcvator]

Kitty Pluto

 

[mardymoose]

Spot on, your turn xcvator

 

[xcvator]

Well after our win today a cricketting question would seem to be in order

I am the 2nd most famous test series played in Australia.
Who were we playing, what year, and why is it so famous ?

 

[reefer]

I'd say the 1932-33 bodyline series against England..so called for the way in which the ball was delivered to target the batsman rather than the wicket'

 

[xcvator]

Not the 1 I'm hinting about, it came several years later.

 

[Rockhunter62]

I would have to say that it was the series against New Zealand where they got upset about the underarm bowl back in the early eighties.

Cheers

Doug

 

[mardymoose]

The tied test between Australia and the West Indies, Brisbane 1960

 

[xcvator]

You've done it again Mardymoose

 

[mardymoose]

A rare event in Australian history, it happened in 1832

 

[DrDuck]

Was it when the colony of Swan River changed its name to Western Australia?

 

[mardymoose]

No nice try ,will post another clue in a while

 

[DrDuck]

I think I'll need another clue to this one! Lots of things happened in 1832, including a paddle wheel ferry service driven by horses on board, which is unusual, but not many of them qualify as rare events!

 

[mardymoose]

Ok here we go, its something normally associated with men, however not this time.

 

[Rockhunter62]

* Mass moonings - In 1832, 300 female Convicts at the Cascade Female Factory mooned the Governor of Tasmania during a chapel service. It was said that in a "rare moment of collusion with the Convict women, the ladies in the Governor's party could not control their laughter."

That would have been a sight to see. 8)

Cheers

Doug

 

[DrDuck]

Ha, should have remembered that one - we have had that question (once asked by me) a number of times since 2013!

 

[mardymoose]

Sorry l dont go back that far and check.
As they say Douv aka Rockhunter62, its over to you!
Btw well done!

 

[Rockhunter62]

Thanks mardy,

Who am I? I was the youngest Australian to fly the aardvark.

Cheers all.

Doug

 

[Rockhunter62]

Another clue folks.

This happened in 1982.

 

[Balmain Bob]

That would be FLTLT Mark Speed FALLON . He was 19 years old at the time.

http://f-111.net/Mark-Speed-Fallon/index.htm

Cheers

Bob